Nora Ephron, who gained a devoted following for her screenwriting career of romantic comedies such as “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail,” the marital exposé“Heartburn” and the whistleblower drama “Silkwood,” died June 26 at a hospital in New York. She was 71.
Here is the list of films she worked on if you would like to choose your favorite.
(1983) Silkwood (writer)
(1986) Heartburn (writer, novel)
(1989) When Harry Met Sally... (writer, associate producer)
(1989) Cookie (writer, executive producer)
(1990) My Blue Heaven (writer, executive producer)
(1992) This Is My Life (director, writer)
(1993) Sleepless in Seattle (director, writer)
(1994) Mixed Nuts (director, writer)
(1996) Michael (director, writer, producer)
(1998) Strike! / The Hairy Bird / All I Wanna Do (executive producer)
(1998) You've Got Mail (director, writer, producer)
(2000) Hanging Up (writer, producer)
(2000) Lucky Numbers (director, producer)
(2005) Bewitched (director, writer, producer)
(2009) Julie & Julia (director, writer, producer)
Loved My Blue Heaven..had no idea she wrote it. RIP Nora
ReplyDeleteI didn't know she wrote Silkwood. Such a fab movie. Didn't care for her mid-90s stuff, though.
ReplyDeleteOne less talent in Hollywood.
I make my students read When Harry Met Sally.... It has the best dialogue in a film. Ephron was one of my biggest influences as a writer.
ReplyDeleteRIP Nora. Truly a great talent.
ReplyDeleteI loved When Harry Met Sally. I loved the Julia portion of Julie and Julia (Julie was ridiculous). She was a great writer.
ReplyDeleteDidn't she also do "Dot"? One of worst movies ever.
ReplyDeleteOther than that though, I loved her. Especially Harry Met Sally. Except that you don't drive south on Lakeshore Drive to go from the University of Chicago east. The Chicago movie audience I was wish all shouted "no way!" when that appeared on the screen. ;-P
But that was the director, I'm sure, not the writer.
Too young, far too young.
I remember an interview with Rob Reiner where he said that doing WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... with her was so much fun. He said that they wrote a lot of him and his personality into Harry and a lot of Nora into Sally.
ReplyDeleteI tried to read HEARTBURN as a teenager but I didn't really get it at the time. Didn't see the movie, either. All I remember is that she stuck actual recipes in the book (the female protagonist was a chef, IIRC). Perhaps now that I am older and wiser, I shall read it and absorb some of her wit.
When Harry Met Sally is one of my top five fave movies of all time. I could watch it over and over and over again. Brilliant writing.
ReplyDeleteJulie and Julia is my favorite by far. I have seen it 3 times!
ReplyDeleteNora Ephron had a quote that is too beautiful not to share....
ReplyDelete"You should eat delicious things while you can still eat them, go to wonderful places while you still can ... and not have evenings where you say to yourself, 'What am I doing here? Why am I here? I am bored witless!'"
My Blue Heaven and When Harry Met Sally are my faves. RIP one talented lady.
ReplyDeleteI didn't care for Ephron as a director, but her writing was amazing. She wrote characters with great accuracy. Her best work, by far, was When Harry Met Sally....
ReplyDeleteI've been a fan of her writing since "Crazy Salad" and was lucky to have had the opportunity to tell her in person how much I loved her work when I ran into her...in a ladies room. So lovely and sweet under the circumstances. RIP, Nora.
ReplyDeleteWhen Harry Met Sally is STILL in my top 5 films. I had no idea a) that she was in her 70's or b) that she was in failing health.
ReplyDeleteRIP to a fab woman and writer.
3 of those movies listed at in my Top 10...Rest in Peace Nora, thank you for so many touching movies.
ReplyDeleteAlso, her book "I Feel Bad About My Neck" was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteHope she didn't suffer too much.
So talented, so honest she will be missed. My heart goes out to her family...
ReplyDelete@surfer -- agree "...neck" is such a funny book. Here dialogue, even in some of the less than stellar movies, was always charming. She will be missed.
ReplyDeleteAll I Wanna Do is a real gem.
ReplyDeleteWhat a classy lady, loved her confidence and how she was so fearless sharing her life with everyone....LOVED Heartburn the best and When Harry met Sally as well
ReplyDeleteWhen Harry Met Sally has some of the wittiest dialogue ever. RIP Nora.
ReplyDeleteWhen Harry Met Sally for sure. I'm sorry to hear about her struggle.
ReplyDeleteBless her
ReplyDeleteBless her
She was a wonderful and inspirational woman. It's a great loss.
ReplyDeleteHeartburn has always been one of my favorite movies.
I am terrifically sad hearing of her death. She is/was one of my favorite writers. Nora and Calvin Trillin. Calvin better stick around a long time.
ReplyDeleteI might be the only person in the world to have seen MIXED NUTS, but I love it enough to own a copy and watch it every year (along with The Ref, RIP Ted Demme). So sad at the loss of Nora Ephron.
ReplyDeleteSilkwood is a wonderful movie, I didn't know she wrote it. RIP you talented lady.
ReplyDeleteRIP you talented lady.
ReplyDeleteI can watch all of her movies over & over. My favorite is Heartburn - the book has some wonderful recipes too.
ReplyDeleteShe will be greatly missed.
My Blue Heaven is one of those joyous movies that looks like everyone had such a good time making it (like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). I didn't realize she wrote it, I had sort of thought Steve Martin wrote it for himself. And I need to see Silkwood again, they never replay that one.
ReplyDeleteLove so many of her movies. What a talented woman, very sad to hear that she has passed.
ReplyDeleteToo young. Anyone know how she died?
ReplyDeleteShe died of Leukemia. And she was awesome! Too bad there aren't enough women writers like her that are recognized (although I am sure they are out there) today.
ReplyDeleteAwww so sad.
ReplyDeleteRIP
She was also the subject of a 1963 movie with Sandra Dee playing her. Her parents wrote "Take Her She's Mine" after they sent an 18 year old Nora Ephron to Paris for a study abroad year. I love that movie. RIP
ReplyDeleteMy blue heaven... Mixed Nuts... oh this is sad.
ReplyDeleteSo sad. So talented.
ReplyDeleteI've only read "Heartburn" but had heard her other stuff was great.
When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and ESPECIALLY You've Got Mail...if they are on the TV. I'm watching. I don't think YGM did very well in the theaters, but I LOVED it. The ending. Makes me tear up every time.
RIP Ms. Ephron.